Devil's advocate
Big padlock and chain on the local forests when i was a kid and signs saying no access to motor vehicles , but you could lift the gate off its hinges and open it the opposite way
Caterpillar tracks ran lanes all through and to this day i can't imagine what harm we did racing each other on scramble bikes in a forest that had no other visitors . Same with the old fenced off mines . I guess they were all closed for our safety
We would close the gate on entry and again when we left harming nobody or nothing .
Police knew who we were but i think it was generally accepted that chasing kids on motorbikes from our village was unwise , I maybe lent credence to that wisdom when i did my Evel Knievel lunatic 20ft leap from the back of the petrol station down to the old railway tracks on a Honda melody scooter with police on my tail
One of the cops made a private call to my house the next day "jesus Shayne we were only going to ask you to wear a helmet"
I got my first driving ban when i was 15 - caught twice with no tax and insurance and being a dumb kid it never occurred to me to explain to the judge that i couldn't get a licence but i had to leave for work at 5am and sometimes didn't finish until after midnight .
I did explain to the copper who caught me though , even offered to take him to my house so i could show him all the forms filled in , my insurance quotes an envelope of money to cover the cost and even a new tax disk holder all waiting for my 16th birthday . But alas he was much more interested in enforcing the premise that all policemen are wankers .
So i ask - where should they go ?